Between 1632 and 1793 Spain promoted a series of missions in Texas, adding up to a total of 26 missions. Most of them had an evangelistic nature and were designed to Christianize the place, but many missions had a military origin and many were exploratory, seeking wealth for the Spanish crown.
These missions were carried out in much of America, in addition to texas, mainly in South America.
Many laborer's died, which devastated families through lost means of survival and caused personal suffering; landowners who used laborer's as tenant farmers were also affected.
